Ezra 2

1 And these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried off to Babylon; and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each man to his own city, [a] 2 who came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: [b]

3 the sons of Parosh, 2,172; [d] 4 the sons of Shephatiah, 372; 5 the sons of Arah, 775; 6 the sons of Pahath-moab, belonging to the sons of Jesue and Joab, 2,812; [e] 7 the sons of Elam, 1,254; 8 the sons of Zattu, 945; 9 the sons of Zaccai, 760; 10 the sons of Binnui, 642; 11 the sons of Bebai, 623; 12 the sons of Azgad, 3,222; [f] 13 the sons of Adonikam, 666; 14 the sons of Bigvai, 2,056; 15 the sons of Adin, 454; 16 the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98; 17 the sons of Bezai, 323; 18 the sons of Jorah, 112; 19 the sons of Hashum, 223; 20 the sons of Gibbar, 95;

21 the sons of Bethlehem, 123; 22 the sons of Netophah, 56; 23 the sons of Anathoth, 128; 24 the sons of Azmaveth, 42; [g] 25 the sons of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743; 26 the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621; [h] 27 the men of Michmash, 122; 28 the men of Bethel and Ai, 423; 29 the sons of Nebo, 52; 30 the sons of Magbish, 156; 31 the sons of the other Elam, 1,254; [i] 32 the sons of Harim, 320; [j] 33 the sons of Lod, Aroth and Ono, 725; [k] 34 the sons of Jericho, 345; 35 the sons of Senaah, 3,630.

36 And the priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973; 37 the sons of Immer, 1,052; 38 the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; 39 the sons of Harim, 1,007.

40 And the Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, belonging to the sons of Hodaviah, 74. 41 The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128. 42 The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai — 139 in all.

43 The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, [l] 44 the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon, [m] 45 the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub, 46 the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan, 47 the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah, 48 the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam, 49 the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai, 50 the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephisim, 51 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, 52 the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, 53 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah, 54 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

55 The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda, [n] 56 the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, 57 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Ami. [o] 58 All the temple servants and the sons of the servants of Solomon: 392.

59 And these are the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan and Immer; and they were not able to tell their father’s house, or their descent, whether they were of Israel: 60 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Bua, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda — 652. [p] 61 And of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai — who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name. [q] 62 These men, the ones enrolled by descent, searched for their written record, and they were not found; and they were put out of the priesthood. [r] 63 And the governor of Judah told them that they were not to eat of the most holy things, until a priest should arise with those that give light and those that are complete. [s]

64 And the whole assembly together was 42,360, 65 besides their male and female slaves, who were 7,337; and they had 200 singing men and singing women. 66 Their horses were 736, their mules 245, 67 their camels 435, their donkeys 6,720.

68 And some of the leaders of the families, when they came to the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, gave willingly for the house of God, to set it up on its prepared place. 69 According to their ability they gave into the treasury of the work about thirty-eight tons of pure gold, and about three tons of silver, and a hundred priests’ tunics. [u] 70 So the priests and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers and the gatekeepers and the temple servants, settled in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.